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urgent advice needed

i, i have 2 cavs, a boy of 6 months and a girl of 4 months, the boy is as good as gold and been really easy to train, the girl is not so easy. I need advice on how to stop her weeing when she gets excited because she rolls on to her back for tummy tickles and ends up weeing and she constantly smells, if we ignore her she will still stand there and wee, and ends up rolling in it, im constantly having to bath her and wash bedding, i am desperate for some advice please

Is she crate trained? Its never too late to crate train a dog tho. My parents have a dog that does this when she get excited. A dog natural instinct is not to mess their den or crate. They solved this problem by leaving Addie (the pee pee dog) in the crate until she was calm when they returned from being out. Also when they let her out they give her a treat and then directly outside.
I do not know if this will help you. I would think that would be a very hard thing to try and stop. Perhaps she will out grow it when she physically has better bladder control????? Not sure.
I would also try a "dry" spray on shampoo, bathing her so much can cause other issues like dry itchy skin. Oh and I would ask the vet too just in case there is a medical reason for this.
Good Luck!

Melissa
"If you don't own a dog, at least one, there is not necessarily anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong with your life."
-Roger Caras

Hi: this isn't actually a housetraining problem at all -- it is either a health issue (has your vet checked her for a urinary tract infection? If she is peeing on bedding in particular, this may well be the problem and needs urgent attention or can become a more serious kidney infection) OR it is submission/appeasement urination. Or both. Some timid dogs have this (latter) issue. Most puppies grow out of it but some will continue to pee. Be sure to never ever punish the dog or you will make the problem worse. Here's a good information sheet on the issue.

Also I'd recommend downloading the free book After You Get Your Puppy here, especially as you have two pups -- two at the same time need a lot of work and can be especially challenging (and need a lot of separate time with you )and the book will really help you get them to grow into the adults you want.

Also you may really need to start to manage them separately as the male approaches 6 months -- he and the female can potentially have puppies as early as 4-5 months and you will want to get your male neutered around now or keep them separate as the female could potentially go into heat anytime from now on (especially if you aren't familiar with the signs of a female going into heat -- though this can be very hard to spot in some dogs even for experienced dog owners!). A lot of people get two pups of different sexes and forget how quickly they can become sexually mature!

My boston terrier was a submissive pee-er. :P It took her months and months before she stopped piddling anytime someone gave her attention. We ignored her peeing and calmed down our greetings to her which helped. She spent alot of time in our kitchen but eventually she outgrew it. She was given the name miss peepee because of her problem but we loved her anyway. Try not to make a big deal over it because it will just make your pup pee more.

I would also have her checked for an UTI at the vet just to make sure.

As Karlin states..wouldn't hurt to make sure she is alright physically...first.

Gotta be honest though...we had a little Cocker Spaniel years ago that did the same thing. Would roll over & pee in it's own face almost...lol !! There was nothing wrong physically..as the Vet checked it time and again...but when excited..
>>> piddle.

Our daughter & son-in-law have an English Bull Dog..>> same thing.
She has been fixed for a few months now..but is still fairly young ( only 8 1/2 mo.).
There is nothing wrong w/ her bladder or kidneys ( as she has been all checked out)....but the minute anyone comes over & walks thru the door..her little rear end twists back & forth and she piddles the entire time.
Vet says it is just over-excitement. She has "always" done this.

Said people just need to ignore her for a few minutes when coming in rather than get all lovey - dovey at first.
Since your Cav is still basically a pup...perhaps she will out grow this tendency once she reaches adulthood & is spade. I wish you luck.

I have her do introductions outside, which has been a really easy workaround.

This is such a good reminder that so many potential problems also can be resolved or limited with a little creative, positive management. Sometimes there isn't any easy answer and in this case, there is certainly no quick fix or sure end result. As the handout I linked to notes, this issue requires gentleness and patience and during that time, a good management solution like this will help.

We had a boxer who did this too- our solution was also letting her "greet" outside for people she was really excited to see. There can be a humorous side to it sometimes...she was out front with us, and a very athletic couple who walk/jog our neighborhood daily were out there, but Mattie hadn't "met" them yet. She went bounding off the porch, running straight for them. They froze, of course (60 lbs of boxer making a bee-line for you), and we're yelling "SHE'S SWEET, SHE'S FINE- BUT WATCH YOUR SHOES!!!" as we ran out to get her. They yelled "WATCH WHAT???" "YOUR SHOES! YOUR SHOES!!" and sure enough, Mattie is running and "sitting" in front of them, up down up down, trying to say "Hihihihihi!!!" and peeing everywhere every time she sat *facepalm* The joggers started dancing trying to get away from her butt, but still pet her head...Thankfully, we were all laughing by the time we got to them! Poor Mattie, she had watched them go by for months from either the window or the backyard, and she was excited beyond belief to actually get to greet them, lol.

thankyou for all your advice, yes she is crate trained, she did have an infection, which the vet picked up on and has had antibiotics for this, but will get her checked again incase infection is back,. I am planning on getting my boy done, but still decideing wether to let her have 1 litter first, but this wont be for a while yet, so will watch carefully for the signs and seperate.